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Re: What do people use Java for?

Author:Dan Shafer
Posted:2/23/1999; 8:37:33 AM
Topic:What do people use Java for?
Msg #:3151 (In response to 3142)
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Chuck....

One of the Web developers on my CNET Builder.com Web conference advisory board swears by Java servlets for server-side stuff. His primary reasons:

* cross-server compatibility. When he writes a servlet, it can be deployed on IIS, JWS, Netscape, WebSTAR, or any other servlet-enabled server (and he claims to have proven this) * speed. He says that while a servlet is slow to run the first time it loads into the server's memory, it is blazingly fast from that point. * reliability. Biggest advantage to him. He says all he has to say to people who have been developing scripted CGI for server-side stuff is "No memory leaks" and developers flock to the servlet model.

He has in fact apparently used sedrvlets on a fairly large handful of extremely high-volume Web servers and sites with nary a glimmer of a problem.

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